'Maya' Ruins - finished

I painted up the pyramid and added some jungle growth...

 the top need to look more Mayan, so I made up a suitable structure from cardboard and foamboard...

 All painted and shown with the jungle ruins in the foreground, plus a few of my generic indians ..

'Maya' Ruins (WIP)

For possible further adventures in the area of the Honduras, I've been working on some stone ruins - a low pyramid and a couple of generic walled buildings.

I was given a bag of large wall sections resin castings,  these were just right to make the main structure of the small pyramid and the walls of two ruined buildings

 a check for size in some jungle bits, looking OK..

 for the pyramid I started by creating the bottom layer in the corners using cardboard and then filling in the steps with layers of foamboard

 all steps are done, every 3 steps up has a longer step for a figure ...

 Added two more layers and the top - all of the basic structure done..

need to add some rubble to the ruins, paint them and then add suitable plastic foliage. I may keep the pyramid not to overgrown.

Gettting Back to Malize ....

A British colony in the Bay of Honduras called 'British Honduras' has been established at the behest of the governor of Jumeida (and with agreement with the spanish). The main aim to cut logwood and profit from its trade (a share of which goes to the spanish). The main settlement of this colony is called Malize.

The local tribes have recently become very agressive. The british are 'eating' into their territory cutting the forest and farming. There have been a few incidents and a recent attack, the governor of the colony has decided to get the colonists into the main settlement of Malize for their safety. A small party of soldiers and local militia have been sent out to bring them in ....

---oXo---

The colonists wait anxiously for the troops and settlers to return to Malize ...

It took some time to get the first of the settlers to come along, they are now heading towards the next farm...

 a couple of the militia arrive to inform the settlers of the situation ...

 then suddenly out of the jungle a group of indians rush the farm cutting down the settlers,  sharp shooting and a some volley fire sees them off ...

 the column heads down the road to the next farm ...

 the settlers there join the column and they head to next farm (the last before Malize) ...

as the main part of the column arrives they are attacked,  fire from the regulars cuts them down and they fall back into the jungle

 a large party of indians is approaching the rear of the column, they hurry on ...

 The indians catch the tail end of the column ...

 a desperate fight ensues ...

 the indians lose heart after many are shot down and start to fall back ... a soldier, two militia and a settler were killed

 the survivors trickle into Malize ...

 [ the new british colony of Honduras may come under pressure from the French or the Spanish, or be troubled by pirates; adventurers may go inland in search of treasure or to hunt exotic animals - quite a few ideas to explore for future games/story lines....]